It’s been just about a year since the most recent addition to the HTC Incredible family — the Incredible S — arrived in retail stores around the globe. Now it looks as though its replacement could be arriving any day now, especially with the Mobile World Congress 2012 just around the corner.

The leaked handset above has yet to be official identified or announced, but the styling of the rear cover is certainly reminiscent of past Incredible phones. And while HTC hasn’t spilled the beans on this slim, frosty beauty, a phoneArena tipster has passed along a slew of photos — including a shot of its hardware information screen.

Kicking things off is a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor paired with 1GB of RAM. That rear-facing camera packs an 8MP sensor, while its counterpart on the front offers VGA resolution for chat, mirror, and self-pic duties. Ice Cream Sandwich comes pre-loaded (no need to wait around for an OTA upgrade to be delivered) and LTE connectivity is built-in. That could make this new HTC a strong candidate for Verizon or AT&T in the U.S.

Unlike a number of HTC’s other phones, this one utilizes an AMOLED display instead of an S-LCD one. As you’d expect from a phone bearing one of HTC’s more recognizable monikers, this latest addition offers top-notch music playback thanks to integrated Beats Audio tech.

Whether or not this phone will hit the streets as the Incredible 3, or with a totally different name, ought to be clarified at the end of the month when HTC sets up shop in Barcelona. Hopefully we’ll also get a more complete look at its spec sheet.